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Trump welcomes Xi to Washington as US, China agree to extend trade truce

Trump takes rare step of meeting foreign leader at the airport, underscoring the significance of US-China relationship.

.United States President Donald Trump has welcomed his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to Washington, DC, for a three-day visit and high-stakes talks on trade, Taiwan and artificial intelligence.

Xi’s landed at Joint Base Andrews, outside the US capital, on Wednesday as the Trump administration announced that the two countries have agreed to extend an 11-month trade deal that offered temporary relief from punishing tariffs.

In a written statement afterwards, Xi said China and the US should be partners and not rivals, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. “He said that the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and making America great again can go hand in hand, complement each other and benefit the world.

.The current “détente but not quite a détente” suits Beijing just fine. It believes the world is undergoing “great changes unseen in a century,” the foremost of which is the “rise of the east and decline of the west,” and that competition with the United States has entered a period of “strategic stalemate” as China gains in relative strength.

Beijing wants to extend what it sees as Trump’s de-escalatory approach through the rest of his term.But the President favors stability, and the administration has taken far fewer such steps than many, including Beijing, expected.

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 Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday, where he was met with a rare planeside greeting from President Donald Trump after their top officials agreed to extend a trade truce until January.

Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the extension of the truce — under which the countries agreed to scale back tariffs and refrain from imposing new trade restrictions — during a Fox News Channel interview as Trump welcomed Xi at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington.

“I don’t know whether a bigger deal can be done. I don’t know whether we will just roll the current deal,” Bessent said in the interview, noting the extension to Jan. 10 could give the leaders more time to talk about the issues at upcoming international summits in China in November and Florida in December.

Trade has been one of the biggest flashpoints between the two superpowers, along with artificial intelligence, Trump’s war with Iran and China’s designs on Taiwan. But much of Xi’s three-day visit is expected to be far more about pomp than substance, starting with Trump’s decision to greet Xi as he landed, rather than waiting for him to drive up to the White          HOUSE.   Washington with plan.Ten Issues to Watch at the Trump-Xi Summit in Washington..

.1. The Busan truce expires November 10, and Washington says Beijing hasn’t held up its end.

.2. Washington is holding its tariff actions in reserve.

.3. Purchase commitments remain murky.

.4. The Board of Trade is the likeliest vehicle for new deals.

.5. A breakthrough on Chinese auto investment is unlikely.

.6. The AI dialogue moves forward. But questions linger.

.7. Chip controls and distillation hang over the dialogue.

8. U.S. declaratory policy on Taiwan seems unlikely to change (on paper). But informal remarks may matter more.

.9. On Iran, the stakes have risen while Trump shrugs.

10. The fentanyl track seems quieter now.

.川普-習近平華盛頓峰會十大看點：

1.釜山停火協議將於11月10日到期華盛頓方面表示北京方面並未履行承諾。

2. 華盛頓方面暫緩採取關稅措施。

3. 採購承諾仍不明朗。

4. 貿易委員會（TBC）最有可能成為達成新協定的管道。

5. 中美汽車投資談判不太可能突破。

6. 人工智慧對話仍在推進，但仍存在一些疑問。

7. 晶片管控和提純問題懸而未決。

8.美國對台政策似乎不太可能改變，但非正式的表態可能更為重要。

9. 在伊朗問題上，各方利益已然上升，但川普卻對此不以為意。

10. 芬太尼事件的進展似乎有所放緩。